The following is a round-up of noteworthy articles published this month on estate litigation and related issues:
- Gabriella Banhara of WEL Partners (Ontario) discusses the issue of pets and estates, with reference to a recent Ontario decision: https://welpartners.com/blog/2024/04/pets-and-estates-the-recent-decision-of-carvalho-v-verma/
- Ian Hull and Chigozie Enwereuzo of Hull & Hull LLP (Ontario) consider the concept of where an estate trustee “resides”, and why that matters: https://hullandhull.com/Knowledge/2024/04/where-does-an-estate-trustee-actually-reside/
- Onyx Law Group discusses a number of questions about family and separation, and estate issues: https://onyxlaw.ca/separated-but-not-divorced-inheritance/
- Estate litigation in the news: there have been a number of articles relating to O.J. Simpson’s estate, in particular whether the Goldman and Brown families will be able to collect on their civil judgment: https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/oj-simpson-estate-victims-explainer-1.7171644
- Doreen So, also of Hull & Hull LLP, writes about estate issues in the Netflix series “The Gentlemen” in a pair of posts: https://hullandhull.com/Knowledge/2024/04/the-gentlemen-primogeniture-and-intestacies-in-ontario/ and https://hullandhull.com/Knowledge/2024/04/the-gentlemen-enforceability-of-pre-death-contracts/
Happy reading!